From power lunches to plywood: Vandalized Washington boards up business

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Days after outbursts of arson and vandalism struck downtown Washington following peaceful protests against police brutality, the largely deserted heart of the U.S. capital resembles a city girding for a hurricane.

FILE PHOTO: Law enforcement vehicles are seen a few blocks from the White House as a curfew is imposed during nationwide unrest following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

They are protesting the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died last week after a white Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck, igniting nationwide marches against police brutality. “I do a lot of work on this building, but I never thought I’d be doing this,” said Samuel Jimenez, 48, as he labored in the sweltering heat, cutting plywood sheets to fit over the windows of a Bank of America across from a White House office annex. “We never thought this would happen.”

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“Peaceful protestors”

The WH terrorists ring leader donald trump bused in few hundreds pentagon terrorists with loaded heavy weapons to be ready for their masacre on the protestors to remind people the gruesome trump in his wish of Making Al-Qaeda Great Again.

the damage bills would be billions with riots n looting in dozen cities Apple shops smashed

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